The present-day U.S. military qualifies by any measure as highly professional, much more so than its Cold War predecessor. Yet the purpose of today’s professionals is not to preserve peace but to fight unending wars in distant places. Intoxicated by a post-Cold War belief in its own omnipotence, the United States allowed itself to be drawn into a long series of armed conflicts, almost all of them yielding unintended consequences and imposing greater than anticipated costs. Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. forces have destroyed many targets and killed many people. Only rarely, however, have they succeeded in accomplishing their assigned political purposes. . . . [F]rom our present vantage point, it becomes apparent that the “Revolution of ‘89” did not initiate a new era of history. At most, the events of that year fostered various unhelpful illusions that impeded our capacity to recognize and respond to the forces of change that actually matter.

Andrew Bacevich


Thursday, November 7, 2013

War News for Thursday, November 07, 2013


Reported security incidents
#1: As per details, unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire at a tanker carrying fuel for Nato forces stationed in Afghanistan, at Baghbana area of Khuzdar district. Resultantly, the driver identified as Ishaaq Khan was killed and his helper sustained serious injuries in the attack. The attackers also torched the tanker before fleeing the area. The tanker caught fire and thousands of litter of fuel was destroyed.

#2: Separately, assailants shot dead Balochistan National Party-Awami leader Sardar Taihab Zehri’s brother in Khuzdar district. Police said that Haji Abdul Rauf Zehri was attacked by unknown armed men who managed to flee from scene after committing the crime.

#3: In another incident, a woman and her three children were wounded in a landmine blast in Dera Bugti district.  The woman and her three children were on their way in Pirkoh area when one of them stepped on a landmine that exploded, wounding woman and her children.

#4: At least two civilians were wounded when they overrun a roadside mine in southern province of Kandahar, the governor office said Thursday.

#5: National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives were killed or injured following a roadside bomb blast in easter Khost province of Afghanistan on Thursday. Provincial governor spokesman, Baryalai Rawan confirming the report said the incident took place in Khost city on Thursday afternoon after a vehicle of the Afghan NDS operatives struck with a roadside bomb.

MoD: Warrant Officer Class 2 Ian Fisher

Posted by whisker at 3:58 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

wow it is like every day people are killing people every day regardless where in the world. Maybe a terrorist group is in every country waiting for something, as if they are directly under our feet and one day they are going to strike every country.

November 7, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Anonymous said...

RIP Ian Fisher our brave hero, with our thanks, n you're family in our love n prayers

November 7, 2013 at 10:27 AM

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